Giant Ink Drawings – Practice Art Lab 2 was on Giant Ink Drawings. The girls had never drawn with ink and brushes before. So, I set them up a simple still life for them to practice. They used their sketch pads for this. Here is the still life: I encouraged the girls to really study……
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Art Lab for Kids: Susan Schwake Artist Study – Large Scale Ink Drawing
We are half way through our second Art Lab, which is about giant ink drawings. As part of this lesson, the girls have been doing a Susan Schwake Artist Study. Actually, it was more of a picture study but Susan Schwake didn’t name the giant ink picture she used for the lesson: I wanted the……
Astronomy Unit Study: Unit 12 – Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
Pluto and the Kuiper Belt: Reading and Writing The girls read the chapter on Pluto and the Kuiper Belt out between them in some excellent partnership reading: They did lots of copywork: Some vocabulary puzzles and a couple of mini books: Filled in their own arguments for ‘Pluto: A Planet or Not?’: Pluto and the……
China and the Shang Dynasty
China and the Shang Dynasty: Reading I read the lesson from the Mystery of History text book, and gathered all our ancient China books and had the girls peruse them: China and the Shang Dynasty: Researching Silk Worms After I had photocopied a few pages of information about silk worms, Abigail read them and did……
A Year in the Life of a Home Schooling Family: Day 67
It was a nice relaxing day today. We had pretty much finished all the work I had planned for this week, yesterday. I had hoped to take the girls up to London with Gary today, but Gary needed to work so we have rescheduled for next week. Thomas took his littlest sister out for a……
A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 65
‘Mummy, Mummy!’ squealed Abigail, ‘Oscar pooed all over the dining room floor last night, and I have diagnosed that he has mild diarrhoea!’ ‘I checked it against my Bristol stool chart!’ she finished, very obviously satisfied with both herself and her conclusion. I could imagine Charlotte’s face, had she heard her little sister’s exclamation, and……
A Year in the Life of a Home Schooling Family: Day 63
I started the day listening to the end of Joshua. It has been so interesting for me to listen to the Bible for well over two hours each day. This is such a different experience to my normal chapter at a time, and moving from one book to another. This is the first time I……
Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Eleven – Uranus and Neptune
We fitting the unit on Uranus and Neptune into one week, but still managed to cram it full to the brim of fun, hands-on activities. Uranus and Neptune: Partnership Reading Usually I rad the lesson out loud to the girls, but some monster head aches this week rendered that impossible. I decided the girls should……
Art Lab for Kids: Lab 1 – Contour Drawings
In my quest for simplicity and ease, I was directed to Art Lab for kids by Susan Schwake. I used this resource for the first time last week, and I have to say, it’s great! And better still, it fulfils the whole ease of use quality that I need at this time in our homeschool.……
Art Lab for Kids: Picture Study – Rose Sielian Theriault ‘Pear Squared’
With each of the art labs comes an artist study. I love artist studies, they are one of my favourite ways to teach the children! This study was on Rose Sielian Theriault: Rose Sielian Theriault: Pear Squared The art chosen was an etching called ‘Pear Squared’. The girls cut out, labelled and stuck in their……
A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 59
Last night I tucked down at ten with a raging headache. I listened to the Bible until I drifted off to sleep. It was such a lovely end to a tricky day for me. I have never had this type of reaction before coming off sugar. I think it is probably reflective of how bad……
A Letter to my Mother-in-Law
Dear Heather, Almost twenty years ago, Gary brought me back from America to meet his family. I was very nervous, but I was thrown into the hustle and bustle of a family large enough to be described as a tribe. I will never forget that first meal I had with all of the Stewarts. Banter……
A Year in the Life of a Home Schooling Family: Day 57
I had a really weird night last night, dreaming I was on the run (from whom, I don’t know). But I wasn’t running away on land. Oh no. I was a mermaid type creature, but with legs, and I was swimming away across the oceans. But each continent I came to the people/things I was……
Home-Schooling with MEL Chemistry: Test Tube Rocket
Each Tuesday afternoon I get to spend time with my precious Abigail. Usually, we do some chemistry together from MEL Science. Abigail has a monthly subscription (her Christmas present this year). This week we launching a Test Tube Rocket from her second MEL Chemistry box, all about rocket science. Test Tube Rocket: The Box Abigail……
Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Ten – Saturn
Saturn: Reading I read the lesson about Saturn to the girls from their Apologia text book: Saturn: Writing The girls wrote some notes about Saturn after each read aloud: They also filled in a venn diagram comparing Jupiter and Saturn, as well as a small cross word: Making a Saturn Model The girls coloured in……